Annotation of McCloud
1. When first reading McCloud, my first thoughts were “what the hell is this supposed to be about?” But as I reread it, I thought that the author was saying the main focus of comics is the photos, not the text.
2. An important claim found in McCloud is the authors definition of comics. He defines it as sequential art containing any kind of style, quality, or subject matter. Another claim is that the basic difference between animation and comics is that “animation is sequential in time but not spatially juxtaposed as comics are.” The author also states that “it doesn’t have to contain words to be comics.” Meaning that comics are based upon the images, not the text.
3. The first question I have arises from the statement …show more content…
The problem McCloud is concerned with is the misunderstood definition of comics. The author clarifies this by stating the true definition of comics, “Juxtaposed pictorial and other images to deliberate sequence intended to convey information an/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer”, and builds off of it. I didn’t find anything to be left unsolved or unanswered in the text.
5. While reading the text against the grain, I discovered that a weak point is when the author brought up that in order to define comics, he would have to “do a little aesthetic surgery and separate form from content.” While this is a good idea to build off of, the author seems to lose their train of thought because they only give a short definition of the term but they don’t continue on with the idea.
6. The text makes a strong argument for the definition of comics. McCloud backs up this definition with examples of pre-Columbian “picture manuscript” from the year 1519. This pre-Columbian sequence of pictures enforces the McClouds definition.
7. McCloud uses various forms of evidence to back up his claim. One of which being the pre-Columbian comic.
8. A turning point in the text is when the author goes from discussing form and content directly to “the trick I to never mistake the message for the messenger” I fail to see how the two are
1. When first reading McCloud, my first thoughts were “what the hell is this supposed to be about?” But as I reread it, I thought that the author was saying the main focus of comics is the photos, not the text.
2. An important claim found in McCloud is the authors definition of comics. He defines it as sequential art containing any kind of style, quality, or subject matter. Another claim is that the basic difference between animation and comics is that “animation is sequential in time but not spatially juxtaposed as comics are.” The author also states that “it doesn’t have to contain words to be comics.” Meaning that comics are based upon the images, not the text.
3. The first question I have arises from the statement …show more content…
The problem McCloud is concerned with is the misunderstood definition of comics. The author clarifies this by stating the true definition of comics, “Juxtaposed pictorial and other images to deliberate sequence intended to convey information an/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer”, and builds off of it. I didn’t find anything to be left unsolved or unanswered in the text.
5. While reading the text against the grain, I discovered that a weak point is when the author brought up that in order to define comics, he would have to “do a little aesthetic surgery and separate form from content.” While this is a good idea to build off of, the author seems to lose their train of thought because they only give a short definition of the term but they don’t continue on with the idea.
6. The text makes a strong argument for the definition of comics. McCloud backs up this definition with examples of pre-Columbian “picture manuscript” from the year 1519. This pre-Columbian sequence of pictures enforces the McClouds definition.
7. McCloud uses various forms of evidence to back up his claim. One of which being the pre-Columbian comic.
8. A turning point in the text is when the author goes from discussing form and content directly to “the trick I to never mistake the message for the messenger” I fail to see how the two are